Unit 9: Teaching speaking

Question 1

What does inhibition mean?

Answer 1

Inhibition means restraining yourself from doing something.

Question 2

What does scared of losing face mean?

Answer 2

Scared of losing face means being afraid of appearing embarrassed or losing one’s reputation in front of others.

Question 3

What does it mean to supervise?

Answer 3

To supervise means to watch over a group of people or a process to ensure that everything is done according to the rules.

Question 4

What does it mean to appoint?

Answer 4

To appoint means to assign someone to a specific position or task.

Question 5

What’s a noticeboard?

Answer 5

A noticeboard is a board where you can pin important information for others to see.

Question 6

What’s an exchange?

Answer 6

An exchange is where parties trade or swap something with each other, such as goods, services or ideas.

Question 7

What’s a party?

Answer 7

A party is a political or social entity whose members work together for common purposes.

Question 8

What’s ability grouping?

Answer 8

Ability grouping in education places students with similar academic abilities in the same class to meet their specific needs.

Question 9

What’s an objective?

Answer 9

An objective is a specific goal that you aim to achieve.

Question 10

What’s a rearrangement?

Answer 10

A rearrangement is to change the order of things.

Question 11

What does it mean to jumble?

Answer 11

To jumble means to shuffle things together in a way that creates a distorted arrangement.

Question 12

What’s a consensus?

Answer 12

A consensus is when a group of people all agree on the same opinion.

Question 13

What does overleaf refer to?

Answer 13

Overleaf refers to the opposite page of a document.

Question 14

What’s the foreground?

Answer 14

The foreground is the part of a picture that’s closest to the viewer.

Question 15

What does advisory refer to?

Answer 15

Advisory refers to giving advice to make someone make informed decisions.

Question 16

What does it mean to scold?

Answer 16

To scold means to speak angrily to someone in order to express disapproval.

Question 17

What’s a jazz chant?

Answer 17

A jazz chant is a repetitive poem often accompanied by clapping.

Question 18

What does it mean to elaborate?

Answer 18

To elaborate means to provide more information to make something comprehensive.

Question 19

What does it mean to resort to something?

Answer 19

To resort to something means to use it as a last option when facing a problem.

Question 20

What does invariable mean?

Answer 20

Invariable means something that remains constant.

Question 21

What does to peep mean?

Answer 21

To peep means to quickly look at something, often by glancing through a small opening or from a hidden position.

Question 22

What does to enrich mean?

Answer 22

To enrich means to make something more valuable by enhancing its quality.

Question 23

What does virtually mean?

Answer 23

Virtually means almost, often used to indicate that something is very close to being accurate.

Question 24

What’s a handout?

Answer 24

A handout is a piece of paper that’s given to people, typically during a presentation to provide information about the topic being discussed.

Question 25

What’s a fable?

Answer 25

A fable is a short story, often with animals as characters, that conveys a moral lesson.

Question 26

What’s an urban legend?

Answer 26

An urban legend is a fictional story that’s widely believed but lacks concrete evidence to prove its truth.

Question 27

What does the main body typically refer to?

Answer 27

The main body typically refers to the central or largest part of something.

Question 28

What’s linguistics?

Answer 28

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, including its structure, sounds and meaning.

Question 29

What’s a thesis?

Answer 29

A thesis is a detailed, written document that presents research and findings on a topic, often as a requirement for an academic degree.

Question 30

What does it mean to walk about?

Answer 30

To walk about means to move around, often without a specific destination, just for the sake of walking.

Question 31

What does a stress pattern involve?

Answer 31

A stress pattern involves emphasising certain syllables, influencing the speech’s rhythm and sound.

Question 32

What does it mean to model an accent?

Answer 32

To model an accent means to imitate the way someone speaks.

Question 33

What does notorious describe?

Answer 33

Notorious describes something that’s widely known, typically for something negative or infamous.

Question 34

What’s infamous?

Answer 34

Infamous is used to describe someone who’s well-known for having a bad reputation.

Question 35

What’s an unstressed syllable?

Answer 35

An unstressed syllable is a syllable that doesn’t receive as much vocal prominence, so it sounds quieter. For example, “ba” in “banana”.

Question 36

What does prominence refer to?

Answer 36

Prominence refers to the quality of standing out from the rest due to its significance.

Question 37

What’s a proliferation?

Answer 37

A proliferation is a fast growth of something.

Question 38

What’re unvoiced plosives?

Answer 38

Unvoiced plosives are speech sounds produced by blocking the airflow and then releasing it suddenly, creating sounds like “p”, “t” and “k” where the vocal cords don’t vibrate.

Question 39

What’re voiced plosives?

Answer 39

Voiced plosives are speech sounds produced by blocking the airflow and then releasing it suddenly, creating sounds like “b”, “d” and “g” where the vocal cords vibrate.

Question 40

What’s an initial consonant cluster?

Answer 40

An initial consonant cluster is a group of two or more consonant sounds at the beginning of a word, such as in “blow” where “bl” is the initial consonant cluster.

Question 41

What’re single syllables?

Answer 41

Single syllables are words that consist of one pronounced sound, like “cat” or “dog”.

Question 42

What’re contrasted syllables?

Answer 42

Contrasted syllables are syllables in which the stress or pronunciation differ from each other, like “cat” and “dog” where the initial consonant- and vowel sounds contrast.

Question 43

What does receptive awareness-raising involve?

Answer 43

Receptive awareness-raising involves becoming more conscious and attentive to information, often through listening or reading.

Question 44

What does it mean to be attentive?

Answer 44

To be attentive means to pay close attention to something.